The city of Burlington is trying a new pilot project using EcoSolution's environmentally-safe filters to fight the potentially dangerous plants in Lake Champlain.

The city of Burlington is trying a new pilot project using EcoSolution's environmentally-safe filters to fight the potentially dangerous plants in Lake Champlain.

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Updated: 10:37 PM EDT Sep 8, 2016

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WEBVTT . SOT: Justin Quiet, EcoSolutions,"we want to try and make a substantial impact in cleaning up the water." JUSTIN QUIET WORKS FOR ECOSOLUTIONS - A VERMONT- BASED COMPANY BATTLING BLUE- GREEN ALGEAE BLOOMS. SOT: Justin Quiet, EcoSolutions,"I grew up on my grandparents sailboat out in malletts bay, and to seethe lake deteriorate in quality is really kind of sad." THE CITY OF BURLINGTON IS TRYING A NEW PILOT PROJECT USING ECOSOLUTION'S ENVIRONMENTAL LY-SAFE FILTERS TO FIGHT THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PLANTS IN LAKE CHAMPLAIN. SOT: Eric Oliver, Lake Champlain Basin Program,"they can kill dogs - they have killed dogs in lake champlain." BUT HOW DID THE WATER GET THIS WAY? SOT: Justin Quiet, EcoSolutions," due to run off from properties, run-off from farms, run-off from waste-water treatment plants, you have an excess of nutrients like nitrogen and phosperous in the water, and so what we do is we set up these discs that recover the phosperous." ERIC OLIVER SAYS THERE'S NO MAGIC FIX TO BEAT THE BLOOMS, BUT THAT THIS PHOSPEROUS RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP. SOT: Eric Oliver, Lake Champlain Basin Program,"if it works, here in Burlington Bay, it could have an impact on beach closures at north beach for example." QUIET SAYS THERE ARE OVER 100 OF THESE POROUS, CERAMIC TILES - CALLED PRRS- THAT WERE PUT IN THE WATER IN AUGUST. THEY'RE FLOATING NEAR NORTH BEACH AND THE BOATHOUSE WETLAND. THE ONES IN THE WATER BY NORTH BEACH WILL STAY IN THROUGH SEPTEMBER - OR AFTER THE FIRST BLUE-GREEN ALGAE BLOOM HAPPENS. <NATPOP WATER > FUNDING FOR THE PILOT COMES FROM MAIN STREET PROJECT SERVICES - AND WHILE ANY FUTURE PROJECTS DEPENDS ON HOW THESE DISCS DO, QUIET SAYS HE'S HOPEFUL. SOT:Justin Quiet, EcoSolutions, , "it's really nice to give back and to help - that's really what we want to do."

New pilot program to battle blue-green algae blooms in Lake Champlain

The city of Burlington is trying a new pilot project using EcoSolution's environmentally-safe filters to fight the potentially dangerous plants in Lake Champlain.